Shuck Water
Jetboaters Captain
- Messages
- 507
- Reaction score
- 788
- Points
- 227
- Location
- Frisco, TX
- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2012
- Boat Model
- Limited S
- Boat Length
- 24
Such a sad story as it was an accident. However, I don't think we emphasize the safety of the jet drive system enough and as someone with young children would seriously dissuade me from even considering a pontoon. It does reiterate that all passengers must be seated while the boat is in motion, especially children.
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A young boy is in the hospital after being struck by a boat’s propeller Thursday night while out on the lake with his dad. It happened at about 8:30 p.m. on Lake Ray Hubbard, near the Rush Creek Yacht Club.
According to officials with the Rockwall Fire Department, the 3-year-old child was playing by the gate of a pontoon boat when he fell overboard and was hit by the vessel’s propeller. The boy’s father was able to pull him from the water and call 911. From there, the child was rushed to Children’s Medical Center in Dallas.
The child was last listed as being in critical condition, but he is stable for now. An update on his condition is expected later on Friday. The boy’s name has not been released.
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/05/06/boy-in-critical-condition-after-being-struck-by-boat-propeller/
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A young boy is in the hospital after being struck by a boat’s propeller Thursday night while out on the lake with his dad. It happened at about 8:30 p.m. on Lake Ray Hubbard, near the Rush Creek Yacht Club.
According to officials with the Rockwall Fire Department, the 3-year-old child was playing by the gate of a pontoon boat when he fell overboard and was hit by the vessel’s propeller. The boy’s father was able to pull him from the water and call 911. From there, the child was rushed to Children’s Medical Center in Dallas.
The child was last listed as being in critical condition, but he is stable for now. An update on his condition is expected later on Friday. The boy’s name has not been released.
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2016/05/06/boy-in-critical-condition-after-being-struck-by-boat-propeller/